{"id":12909,"date":"2024-03-15T01:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-are-the-ways-to-parse-json-in-go\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:34:45","slug":"what-are-the-ways-to-parse-json-in-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-are-the-ways-to-parse-json-in-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Go JSON Parsing: Methods Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Go, there are several ways to parse JSON data:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\nencoding in JSON<\/li>\n<li>json encoding<\/li>\n<li>Decode or parse<\/li>\n<li>Decode the data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">type<\/span> Person <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">struct<\/span> {\r\n    Name <span class=\"hljs-type\">string<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">`json:\"name\"`<\/span>\r\n    Age  <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span>    <span class=\"hljs-string\">`json:\"age\"`<\/span>\r\n}\r\n\r\njsonStr := <span class=\"hljs-string\">`{\"name\":\"Alice\",\"age\":25}`<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> person Person\r\nerr := json.Unmarshal([]<span class=\"hljs-type\">byte<\/span>(jsonStr), &amp;person)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">panic<\/span>(err)\r\n}\r\nfmt.Printf(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Name: %s, Age: %d\\n\"<\/span>, person.Name, person.Age)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Parse the JSON data.<\/li>\n<li>parse the JSON data<\/li>\n<li>a data structure that stores values by using strings as keys<\/li>\n<li>Create a visual representation of geographical locations.<\/li>\n<li>unspecified type<\/li>\n<li>an array of bytes<\/li>\n<li>parse the JSON data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>jsonStr := <span class=\"hljs-string\">`{\"name\":\"Alice\",\"age\":25}`<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> data <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">map<\/span>[<span class=\"hljs-type\">string<\/span>]<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">interface<\/span>{}\r\nerr := json.Unmarshal([]<span class=\"hljs-type\">byte<\/span>(jsonStr), &amp;data)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">panic<\/span>(err)\r\n}\r\nfmt.Printf(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Name: %s, Age: %f\\n\"<\/span>, data[<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"name\"<\/span>].(<span class=\"hljs-type\">string<\/span>), data[<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"age\"<\/span>].(<span class=\"hljs-type\">float64<\/span>))\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>parsing JSON data<\/li>\n<li>Decode a JSON object<\/li>\n<li>Translate into plain text<\/li>\n<li>a decoder for JSON data<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">type<\/span> Person <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">struct<\/span> {\r\n    Name <span class=\"hljs-type\">string<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">`json:\"name\"`<\/span>\r\n    Age  <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span>    <span class=\"hljs-string\">`json:\"age\"`<\/span>\r\n}\r\n\r\njsonStr := <span class=\"hljs-string\">`{\"name\":\"Alice\",\"age\":25}`<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> person Person\r\n\r\ndec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStr))\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err := dec.Decode(&amp;person); 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